Thomas GRAY

Abt 1821 - 1898  (~ 77 years)

• Name	Thomas GRAY
  Birth	Abt 1821	, , Co. Down, Northern Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
  Census	1861	Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
  Census	1871	Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada
  Census	1891	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Death	21 Feb 1898	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4]
  Burial	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  Person ID	I107489016	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane SCROGGIE,   b. 20 Oct 1825, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d. 6 Feb 1908 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1845
  Children	1. Mary Jane GRAY,   b. 19 Feb 1845, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 11 Apr 1924, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)   2. Henry GRAY,   b. Abt 1846, , , Quebec, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. William GRAY,   b. 29 Sep 1848, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 6 Oct 1929, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)   4. Nancy GRAY,   b. Abt 1852, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 28 Mar 1897 (Age ~ 45 years)   5. Eliza Jane GRAY,   b. 3 Jul 1855, , , Quebec, Canada d. 7 Nov 1944, St-Larent, , Quebec, Canada (Age 89 years)   6. Margaret Ann GRAY,   b. Abt 1859, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 8 Sep 1917, New Westminster, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 58 years)   7. James Scroggie GRAY,   b. 12 Jul 1885, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 31 Oct 1915, Douglas, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 30 years)   8. Alice Sarah GRAY,   b. Abt Mar 1863, Rawdon, Montcalm, Quebec, Canada d. 28 Aug 1893 (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F57040279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2026

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone-Gray, Thomas & Mary Jane nee Scroggie Block 2 - Anglican Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Cobden Union Cemetery transcription which came from the > Stones and not burial records. > They are located in the Anglican section > GASS \ In loving memory of \ Alice S. Gray \ wife of W H Gass \ died Aug > 28, 1893 \ age 30 years 5 mos and 20 days > SIDE: Thomas Gray died Feb 21 1898 age 77 years > his wife Mary Jane Scroggie died Feb 6 1908 \ aged 83 years. > SIDE: William H Gass \ born Nov 5 1859 \ died sep 27 1928 \ > His wife \ Blanche E Gallagher \ 1876-1966 \ > Fred C Gass 1909-1981 \ > Margaret E\De Smith \1911-1998 > REVERSE: John Gass \ Died \ Aug 9 1903 \ aged 83 years. \ Eliza Keating > \ his wife \ died Nov 19 1909 \ aged 83 years \ > > It looks like the GASS and GRAY family were well connected. I do not > know of any Gray or Gass people living in the area. A Miss Mable Gass > lived on the Main St. in Cobden when I was a teenager and she died in > her nineties. > 1884-1975. There are two others on the same stone: Father \ William > Gass \ died Jul 5 1919 \ aged 69 \ Ernest Gass \ Died April 30 1906 \ 20 > years. > In another section: > Jane Gray wife of Samuel Coulter 1818-1892 > > In "Roots and Wings" the history of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cobden > there is a list of early members who were living at the time the church > was built in 1884 > It includes: > Gass, Arch Steele > Nancy Gray 1852-1897 > Gass, William 1857-1934 > Eliza Gray 1854-1944 > Gass, John 1858-1940 > Jane Burwell 1871-1897 > Gass, William H 1859-1928 > Alice Gray 1860-1893 > Blanche Gallagher1876-1966 > Gass, Thomas Gray 1827-1898 (from your info this is not GASS - Gray) > Mary Jane Scroggie 1825-1908 > Gass, John 1820-1903 > Eliza Keating 1826-1909 In the census for Renfrew Co. > 1901 I checked Cobden, Ross, Bromley, Stafford and WEstmeath Twps which > surround Cobden and didn't find Gray or Gass > 1891 Ross Twp., there is Thomas and Mary Jane only in Ross Twp; no Gass > He is listed as 69 married born Ireland, father bornIreland, mother born > Ireland; church of england; farmer > Mary Jane age 67 married born Quebec, father born Ireland, mother born > Ireland, church of england > > Birth Marriages and Deaths in Renfrew Mercury > 1909; > Gass - Saskatoon, at the residence of her son, Richard Gass, Mrs. Gass, > of Snake River, aged 80 years in Dec 3 newspaper. > (Snake River is in Westmeath Twp. or possibly Stafford Twp as the > townline is one concession from Snake River corners). > 1910 > Dixon - Gass - May 23, Cobden, by Rev. G E Fletcher, Miss Gass dau of > Mr. William Gass to Samuel Thomas Dixon, of Montreal (June 2 newspaper) > GRAYThomasM21-Feb189877Village CobdengentIrelandgravel, 9 mons MCLarenC of EMrs. Thomas Gray18-Mar189826-27 GRAY 1891 census @ca.on.113i1 family 216 @ca.on.renfrew.ross division 1 p50 film t6355 9 GRAY Thomas M 1891-69 married - Ire Ire Ire CofE farmer 10 GRAY { ? } Mary Jane F 1891-67 married wife Que Ire Ire CofE |

  
  

• Sources

  [S480] Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1891, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o113i101.htm#100). [S1140871] Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index, Census database, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1891, (http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/9/o113i101.htm#100). [S507] Ross Township Birth Marriage and Death Register. [S1140830] Ross Township Birth Marriage and Death Register.